Cash-&-carry chains claim of the products they sell 85-90% is local.
Cash-and-carry stores try tricks, from playing Bollywood music to customising orders, to retain customers.
A consortium of 10 banks, led by Axis Bank, funded the Delhi Airport Express line.
Because of high rents in Mumbai and the response from Delhi, most luxury retail players want to expand in the capital.
India has planned 14 strategic railway lines in areas bordering China, Pakistan and Nepal, but most of these projects are stuck for want of funds. Anusha Soni reports
Though e-commerce opens a new world for the handicraft industry, empowering craftspersons still remains a real challenge.
Projects about to be completed include the first rail connectivity projects in Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh, along with crucial gauge conversion between Rangpara and North Lakhimpur, which would connect Arunachal Pradesh to the rest of the country.
The chain readies to expand its footprint as Bharti focuses on its retail venture.
Officials said the World Bank, Japan International Cooperation Agency and Asian Development Bank had evinced interest in the project.
The two former partners own about 100 such properties; expansion of Best Price, EasyDay stores only after transactions linked to the split are over.
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The introduction of fuel adjustment component in passenger fares will merely add Rs 450 crore.
US retail chain Walmart is awaiting a decision by its board decision on its India strategy, including its partnership with the Bharti group.
The one-year extension would give Walmart and its Indian joint venture partner in the cash and carry business, Bharti Group, more time to sort things out and decide on a retail foray together, people in the know said.
DLF says it has started the process of giving possession of housing units at New Town Heights project according to its commitment
This could mean an end to the talks for a possible partnership between the two firms in the multi-brand retail space -- less than a year after 51 per cent foreign investment was allowed in the sector.
Walmart's US Senate filings on Indian market missing
The only way out for DMRC would be if the lenders, a consortium of 10 banks, find another concessionaire for the project
Most of the projects face hurdles such as delay in approvals and lack of coordination between state governments and the railways.
Sources estimate there could be about 60 applications at the department of industrial policy and promotion for up to 49 per cent foreign direct investment in single-brand retail.
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According to sector officials and watchers, the funding (among the largest so far in the segment) from its existing investors -- Naspers, Accel Partners, Tiger Global and Iconiq Capital -- might be a sign of confidence they have in the company but it's still unsure if it will be enough for Flipkart to turn a corner and become profitable.
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